heimisch or heimish or haimish

PRONUNCIATION:

(HAY-mish, HY-)

MEANING:

adjective: Homey; unpretentious.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Yiddish heymish (domestic), from Old High German heim (home).
Ultimately from the Indo-European root tkei- (to settle or dwell),
which also gave us home, haunt, hangar, site, situate, and hamlet. Earliest documented use: 1964.

USAGE:

“Most of his deal-making takes place over the heimisch cuisine of Gilda.”
Spencer Bright; Michael Levy; The Guardian (London, UK); Aug 18, 1997.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

I feel fairly certain that my hatred harms me more than the people whom I hate. -Max Frisch, architect, playwright, and novelist (15 May 1911-1991)